SEOUL, April 17 (Xinhua) — The deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system in South Korea was delayed to unspecified dates after the country’s presidential election ends next month, Yonhap news agency reported Monday. An unidentified senior South Korean government official was quoted as saying South Korea and the United […]

SEOUL, April 17 (Xinhua) — Visiting U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said Monday that “an era of strategic patience is over” on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Pence made the remarks during a joint press conference with South Korean Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn who is serving as acting president. They held talks in […]

DAMASCUS, April 17 (Xinhua) — The international community has denounced a deadly car bombing that killed 126 people of a convoy of Shiite evacuees in northern Syria. The Saturday blast, carried out by a suicide bomber driving a booby-trapped potato truck, rocked the rebel-held Rashideen area in the countryside of Aleppo province, where buses carrying […]

SEOUL, April 17 (Xinhua) — Visiting United States Vice President Mike Pence and South Korean Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn agreed Monday to strengthen alliance of the two countries and take punitive actions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Pence and Hwang, who is serving as the acting South Korean president, held talks in […]

DUBAI, April 16 (Xinhua) — Dubai launched on Sunday the e-governance scheme “Smart Dubai 2021” with the objective to eliminate all paper works at government institutions as of 2021. In a ceremony launching the announcement, the Crown Prince of the emirate of Dubai Sheikh Hamdan said his government “will issue its last paper transaction in […]

BAGHDAD, April 16 (Xinhua) — Iraq on Sunday condemned the massive bomb attack on a convoy of buses evacuating some 5,000 civilians to government-controlled areas in Syria. “Iraq expresses its strong condemnation for the criminal terrorist act that targeted innocent civilians evacuated from the Syrian towns of Kefraya and Foah,” the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign […]

SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, April 16 (Xinhua) — Muslim majority areas of Indian-controlled Kashmir Sunday observed complete shutdown to protest the killing of a civilian, police said. The call for shutdown was jointly given by separatist groups against the Saturday evening killing of a civilian at the hands of Indian troops in Batamaloo locality of Srinagar […]

SEOUL, April 16 (Xinhua) — The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) attempted early Sunday to test-launch an unidentified missile on its east coast, which was believed to have failed, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. The JCS confirmed the botched missile launch, saying it is still analyzing what type of missile was […]